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Where is Your True Starting Point?

Matt Hoover — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:17:28 +0000

Yesterday I was out on a bicycle ride with a good friend of mine. As we were riding we started talking about the progress I've made over the past year in the sport of triathlon and how I am feeling as I prep for next Ironman in November. I told him I felt unbelievably different. I am down several pounds, my cycling has improved, and so has my running. Most importantly, my mindset has improved. Last year when I took on the Kona Ironman I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know that carrying around extra weight could affect me as much as it did. Last weekend I was flipping through the channels and caught the replay of the Kona Ironman on NBC. I watched the race and saw my brief segment once again. When I saw myself, I wasn't disappointed, I was a little sad. The reason I was sad was because I knew that I had a false sense of how I looked and felt physically.

Insanity?

Matt Hoover — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:07:59 +0000

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. While I agree with that for the most part, I feel that sometimes you actually Do have to the same thing and expect a different result.

Biggest Loser Marathon

Matt Hoover — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:25:53 +0000

My Life After The Biggest Loser Part 1

Matt Hoover — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:07:59 +0000

This is a serious question I want you to think about. What do you suppose would happen to you if you walked up to someone at the grocery store, looked in their cart, and then picked something up and asked them if they should be eating whatever it was that you picked up? They may look at you like you were crazy or they may spray you with a can of pepper spray. This very incident has happened to my wife and I on several occasions. When you go on television you open yourself up to receive unsolicited opinions both bad and good.

The Reality of Reality Weight Loss….

Matt Hoover — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:04:49 +0000

I seriously just erased an entire blog because I didn't like the way it sounded when I read it. I want to talk about some of the realities of being a contestant on The Biggest Loser but I don't want to bash the show. I want to talk about what life is like after but don't want to sound like I am making excuses. Here is what I am going to do. I am going to type what I am thinking and not worry about what others say and here's why.

Kona Ironman 2009 part V

Matt Hoover — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:19 +0000

When I could finally see the lights of the Energy Lab I began to get excited. I knew that the turn around was near. My excitement faded quickly when I realized that you didn't just get to the corner and turn around. I had to run down into the area about a mile before the actual turn around. When I hit the turn around Joe and his friend Collin did some quick math. I needed to do under 14 minute miles the rest of the way in to finish. There could be no walking.

Kona Ironman 2009 part IV

Matt Hoover — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:28:41 +0000

I’m not going to lie. I was hurting on the run before I even got out of the chute. In the tri’s I did this summer my feet hurt for a little bit and the pain went away. This was way different. I jogged out the chute and once again the [...]

Kona Ironman 2009 part III

Matt Hoover — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:06:14 +0000

I came out of the water feeling really good. I had finished the swim well under the time that I had set for myself and was excited to begin the bike portion of the race. All year biking has been my strongest part and I was confident that I would be able to get myself even more minutes going into the run.

Kona Ironman 2009 part II

Matt Hoover — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:31:39 +0000

When I woke up on Saturday morning I still wasn't feeling nervous. There is a certain calm that happens upon you when you know you have prepared the best you can for something and I knew I had done all I could. I knew I wasn't going to magically become a world-class runner or cyclist in the next few hours before the race so I slept in the car on the way to the race.

An open letter and the ONLY response to critics!

Matt Hoover — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:07:03 +0000

This is the response I sent to a reporter who informed me about the negative things being said about me and my Ironman performance. This all I have to and will say about the issue. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to find out about my race experience!